Leila
#259 for girls in 2025, 1,193 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 80 births
- Debut · girls
- 80 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 55,436since 1880
Leila over time
Rank among girls' names. Leila has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #259 | 1,193 | — | |
| 2024 | #267 | 1,197 | — | |
| 2023 | #239 | 1,272 | — | |
| 2022 | #245 | 1,246 | — | |
| 2021 | #214 | 1,385 | — | |
| 2020 | #205 | 1,409 | — | |
| 2019 | #224 | 1,388 | — | |
| 2018 | #239 | 1,358 | — | |
| 2017 | #220 | 1,410 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #229 | 1,395 | — | |
| 2015 | #247 | 1,309 | — | |
| 2014 | #243 | 1,331 | — | |
| 2013 | #215 | 1,472 | — | |
| 2012 | #234 | 1,365 | — | |
| 2011 | #231 | 1,377 | — | |
| 2010 | #205 | 1,509 | — | |
| 2009 | #239 | 1,390 | — | |
| 2008 | #226 | 1,499 | — | |
| 2007 | #251 | 1,394 | — | |
| 2006 | #285 | 1,161 | — | |
| 2005 | #308 | 1,043 | — | |
| 2004 | #355 | 893 | — | |
| 2003 | #345 | 893 | — | |
| 2002 | #450 | 638 | — | |
| 2001 | #492 | 566 | — | |
| 2000 | #595 | 427 | — | |
| 1999 | #734 | 306 | — | |
| 1998 | #734 | 297 | — | |
| 1997 | #930 | 213 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,036 | 180 | — | |
| 1995 | #877 | 217 | — | |
| 1994 | #994 | 186 | — | |
| 1993 | #949 | 199 | — | |
| 1992 | #969 | 197 | — | |
| 1991 | #952 | 199 | — | |
| 1990 | #997 | 183 | — | |
| 1989 | #908 | 200 | — | |
| 1988 | #824 | 221 | — | |
| 1987 | #815 | 215 | — | |
| 1986 | #792 | 212 | — | |
| 1985 | #769 | 220 | — | |
| 1984 | #782 | 205 | — | |
| 1983 | #758 | 213 | — | |
| 1982 | #774 | 212 | — | |
| 1981 | #735 | 224 | — | |
| 1980 | #845 | 184 | — | |
| 1979 | #804 | 196 | — | |
| 1978 | #805 | 186 | — | |
| 1977 | #784 | 192 | — | |
| 1976 | #853 | 160 | — | |
| 1975 | #849 | 157 | — | |
| 1974 | #847 | 155 | — | |
| 1973 | #880 | 145 | — | |
| 1972 | #898 | 140 | — | |
| 1971 | #842 | 163 | — | |
| 1970 | #972 | 130 | — | |
| 1969 | #907 | 136 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,013 | 105 | — | |
| 1967 | #850 | 141 | — | |
| 1966 | #744 | 175 | — | |
| 1965 | #858 | 136 | — | |
| 1964 | #826 | 161 | — | |
| 1963 | #793 | 171 | — | |
| 1962 | #753 | 190 | — | |
| 1961 | #753 | 191 | — | |
| 1960 | #779 | 172 | — | |
| 1959 | #727 | 192 | — | |
| 1958 | #801 | 157 | — | |
| 1957 | #749 | 177 | — | |
| 1956 | #711 | 182 | — | |
| 1955 | #710 | 177 | — | |
| 1954 | #656 | 195 | — | |
| 1953 | #680 | 176 | — | |
| 1952 | #703 | 161 | — | |
| 1951 | #705 | 154 | — | |
| 1950 | #657 | 169 | — | |
| 1949 | #616 | 180 | — | |
| 1948 | #669 | 156 | — | |
| 1947 | #630 | 177 | — | |
| 1946 | #615 | 166 | — | |
| 1945 | #552 | 176 | — | |
| 1944 | #514 | 197 | — | |
| 1943 | #524 | 204 | — | |
| 1942 | #522 | 202 | — | |
| 1941 | #482 | 211 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #513 | 183 | — | |
| 1939 | #502 | 177 | — | |
| 1938 | #482 | 190 | — | |
| 1937 | #418 | 239 | — | |
| 1936 | #473 | 183 | — | |
| 1935 | #418 | 240 | — | |
| 1934 | #423 | 241 | — | |
| 1933 | #373 | 294 | — | |
| 1932 | #366 | 305 | — | |
| 1931 | #383 | 287 | — | |
| 1930 | #386 | 317 | — | |
| 1929 | #396 | 285 | — | |
| 1928 | #404 | 279 | — | |
| 1927 | #393 | 306 | — | |
| 1926 | #386 | 313 | — | |
| 1925 | #367 | 344 | — | |
| 1924 | #359 | 365 | — | |
| 1923 | #362 | 335 | — | |
| 1922 | #342 | 363 | — | |
| 1921 | #356 | 345 | — | |
| 1920 | #323 | 405 | — | |
| 1919 | #323 | 384 | — | |
| 1918 | #336 | 369 | — | |
| 1917 | #333 | 352 | — | |
| 1916 | #316 | 368 | — | |
| 1915 | #307 | 363 | — | |
| 1914 | #327 | 259 | — | |
| 1913 | #312 | 234 | — | |
| 1912 | #325 | 195 | — | |
| 1911 | #331 | 143 | — | |
| 1910 | #304 | 163 | — | |
| 1909 | #296 | 145 | — | |
| 1908 | #288 | 150 | — | |
| 1907 | #262 | 171 | — | |
| 1906 | #260 | 160 | — | |
| 1905 | #262 | 154 | — | |
| 1904 | #260 | 148 | — | |
| 1903 | #261 | 138 | — | |
| 1902 | #262 | 140 | — | |
| 1901 | #240 | 145 | — | |
| 1900 | #238 | 178 | — | |
| 1899 | #235 | 139 | — | |
| 1898 | #230 | 161 | — | |
| 1897 | #217 | 157 | — | |
| 1896 | #227 | 149 | — | |
| 1895 | #228 | 147 | — | |
| 1894 | #214 | 152 | — | |
| 1893 | #195 | 173 | — | |
| 1892 | #189 | 178 | — | |
| 1891 | #179 | 178 | — | |
| 1890 | #190 | 154 | — | |
| 1889 | #205 | 126 | — | |
| 1888 | #170 | 170 | — | |
| 1887 | #186 | 112 | — | |
| 1886 | #188 | 115 | — | |
| 1885 | #167 | 123 | — | |
| 1884 | #173 | 103 | — | |
| 1883 | #177 | 90 | — | |
| 1882 | #173 | 83 | — | |
| 1881 | #172 | 77 | — | |
| 1880 | #163 | 80 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Leila was already there! It came in at #163, and was given to 80 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 110 girls a year got the name.
See more about Leila
- 8 spots since 2024 (#267 → #259)
- 54 spots since 2020 (#205 → #259)
- 12 spots since 2015 (#247 → #259)
- Biggest jump: 196 spots in 1998 (#930 → #734)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 1968 (#850 → #1,013)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #163 (80 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 144 yrs · run 1880–1967
- Highest: 1 in 1,042 girls born in 1891 were named Leila (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,347 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
- Its best rank, #163 in 1880, was only 1 in 1,137 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.1% of all girls named Leila (13,914) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #163 (1880) → #1,036 (1996) → #205 (2010)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,079 | #163 (1880) | #177 |
| 1890s | 1,588 | #179 (1891) | #210 |
| 1900s | 1,529 | #238 (1900) | #263 |
| 1910s | 2,830 | #304 (1910) | #321 |
| 1920s | 3,340 | #323 (1920) | #369 |
| 1930s | 2,473 | #366 (1932) | #422 |
| 1940s | 1,852 | #482 (1941) | #564 |
| 1950s | 1,740 | #656 (1954) | #710 |
| 1960s | 1,578 | #744 (1966) | #828 |
| 1970s | 1,624 | #784 (1977) | #853 |
| 1980s | 2,106 | #735 (1981) | #800 |
| 1990s | 2,177 | #734 (1999) | #917 |
| 2000s | 9,904 | #226 (2008) | #355 |
| 2010s | 13,914 | #205 (2010) | #229 |
| 2020s | 7,702 | #205 (2020) | #238 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Leila in 1941
Top girls' names in 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
girls
1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 5,726 of them was named Leila, which outranked 90.5% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 204,720 of them was named Leila, which outranked 21.7% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).